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County Moves To Ban Synthetic Marijuana

By Scott F Davis

Posted: June 2, 2010 at 5:54 a.m.

Cody Davis
 The substance known generically as spice is a controversial product marketed under brand names such as Spice, K2, Genie, Zohai and others.

Washington County officials took the first step Tuesday toward outlawing a substance known as K2 or Spice, a synthetic compound containing herbs with effects similar to marijuana.

AT A GLANCE

What’s Spice?

The substance known as Spice is a legal product marketed under brand names such as Spice, K2, Genie, Zohai and others. They are herbal smoking mixtures, sold on the Internet and in “head shops,” as a legal high. In some cases it is advertised as an “aromatic potpourri.” The marijuana-type high that users get from Spice comes from a synthetic compound similar to THC, the primary intoxicant in marijuana. Spice is labeled as incense and not for human consumption, and has been banned in several countries. The U.S. military has banned possession of the substance among its personnel. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has classified it a “drug or chemical of concern.”

Source: Staff Report

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I am a merchant who sells spice to adults in Fayetteville. I have been paying record amounts of sales tax to the city and county. We need this sales tax money. The hospital spokesman said he “has not seen an influx of these patients.”

Posted by: jazzer7

June 2, 2010 at 12:58 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Stop making excuses dude, right now your a "spice" dealer but tomorrow you will be a "drug" dealer, and no one likes a drug dealer.

Posted by: trucker10

June 2, 2010 at 1:38 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

I don't think the county has the jurisdiction to do this ... they are basically trying to create a new kind of misdemeanor drug offense that isn't in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

I think they can prohibit businesses from selling it in the county under their authority to license and regulate business, but I don't think they can criminalize possession of K2, and shame on the lawyers (are you listening STEVE ZEGA, since you are running for the bench) who sat on the quorum court and didn't have the cojones to address this plain legal defect.

Posted by: JayTee

June 2, 2010 at 2:02 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

You can't handle the truth!!

Posted by: trucker10

June 2, 2010 at 2:18 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Who would want to smoke something thats treated with who knows what.
As for the tax issue legalize pot, tax it and be done with the losing battle. Pot will be legalized, but who knows when, the time is coming. Don't be surprised when it happens!

Posted by: humble

June 2, 2010 at 6 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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